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Journal of Big Data is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 18.6), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme, which pays the article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions. Published by Springer Nature.
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ISSN 2196-1115Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Nature
Cost to publish: APC covered for authors at ONOS-subscribed Indian institutions
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware and Architecture | 3 / 245 | 98th | Q1 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 11 / 568 | 98th | Q1 |
| Information Systems and Management | 6 / 222 | 97th | Q1 |
| Information Systems | 16 / 519 | 97th | Q1 |
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Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 18.6.
Journal of Big Data is Q1 in Hardware and Architecture (rank 3 of 245), Q1 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 11 of 568) and Q1 in Information Systems and Management (rank 6 of 222), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Big Data is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 18.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.964, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 108.
For authors at Indian institutions covered by One Nation One Subscription (ONOS), the article processing charge is paid by the scheme. The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,290 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Big Data is published by Springer Nature. Its ISSN is 2196-1115.
Yes. ONOS also covers its article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Big Data has an h-index of 125 and a 2-year mean of 15.34 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 18.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #1 of 166 Scopus journals in Hardware and Architecture.
Journal of Big Data published 292 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (27.4%), Egypt (10.6%) and Saudi Arabia (6.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.3 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 7 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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